The Evergreen, a unique anthology in 4 volumes from Edinburgh’s Old Town, revisits a 400-year old tradition that sparked the Evergreen anthologies of Allan Ramsay and Patrick Geddes, inspiring a civic and cultural revival within Edinburgh and beyond. After 120 years, it’s back!
Behind the Scenery: the Folk of the Edinburgh Old Town
The third volume of The Evergreen teems with Old Town community life, past and present, in illustration, poetry, conversation and story: the assorted portraits of street characters from Ned Holt’s portfolio; James Connolly and Patrick Geddes as ‘good neighbours’ in Dublin and Edinburgh; St Columba as inspiration on Lawnmarket of all places; a thriving housing cooperative 40 years on; community arts bestowing light on Craigmillar, and wine and its distinctive pleasures in the Southside; along with illustrated conversations with current residents, and street scenes that bridge the present with the re-imagined past.
It’s not all local. Farflung places feature in poetry and fiction: Australia, Italy, U.S.A. and Glasgow.
Add in essays on Surveillance, The Meadows, and visions of a city afloat; consider this, what if the city were an ocean and its buildings ships?
CONTENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS:
Introduction – Sean Bradley; What if the City Were an Ocean and Its Buildings Ships? – Tim Ingold; From Here to Everywhere Else – Alison Flett; That’s Amore – Marianna Silvano; Behind the Scenery – Astrid Jaekel ; Patrick Geddes and a Statue of St Columba – Alan Harding; The World of Ned Holt – Donald Campbell; The Lister Housing Co-operative Banners – Mary Quinn; Knitting a Tenement/Common Ground – Jennie Renton; Coming to Terms With Nature – Lee Randall; Postcards From Dublin – Sean Bradley; Picnic – A.Jak; Untitled Poem – Patrick Geddes; Where Do I End – Nik Williams; Come Into the Light – Derek Rodger; Folk of the Old Town- Lucy Roscoe; Notes From a Wine Cellar – Michael Romer; Armless Clock/The Cemetery – Youssef Al-Khatib; Notes from a Marche Village – David Tomassini; Grand Canyon – Mary Hong.
This publication is supported by Creative Scotland, The Royal Society of Edinburgh
Publication Date: June 2017
160 pages; ISBN: 978-0-9930544-4-0
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